{"id":12008,"date":"2012-01-17T04:01:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-17T04:01:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T04:01:34","slug":"What-Asian-Americans-are-saying-about-John-Liu-scandal-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12008","title":{"rendered":"What Asian Americans are saying about John Liu scandal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A group of young Korean, Chinese and South Asian professionals gathered at a cozy Manhattan restaurant recently, gossiping about the scandal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Liu come under increased scrutiny because of perceptions of foreign money? Will there be heightened suspicion of untoward behavior by other Asian American candidates or of Asian money in American politics? These topics are on the mind of every Asian American,\u201d said Bright Limm, President of Korean Americans for Political Advancement.  \u201cA lot of questions need to be answered but they have not appeared in the media yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Limm\u2019s group aims to maximize the political influence of the Korean American community. Last year, they mobilized a large turnout of Korean voters in State Senate District 11, contributing to the victory of State Senator Tony Avella.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Liu is in hot water. The scandal began in October with a New York Times investigation which found a number of people Liu listed as donors denying they gave him money.<\/strong> Shortly thereafter, Liu\u2019s fundraiser Xing Wu \u201cOliver\u201d Pan was arrested and charged with conspiring to arrange a $16,000 political contribution to Liu under the cover of straw donors. Now the FBI and Manhattan federal prosecutors are investigating whether foreign money flowed into Mr. Liu\u2019s 2009 campaign. The Foreign Agents Registration Act prohibits campaign contributions by foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liu, the first Asian American to be elected to city-wide office was widely seen as poised to make history again by being elected the city\u2019s first Asian mayor.<\/strong>  Liu has not formally announced his candidacy, just calling it \u201c2013 fundraising.\u201d  But one person close to Liu who preferred to remain anonymous, said if Liu stops right now, there is no other plausible Asian American candidate for mayor, at least in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.feetintwoworlds.org\/2012\/01\/17\/pulling-back-the-curtain-what-asian-americans-are-saying-about-the-john-liu-fundraising-scandal\/\">Continue reading at news.feetintwoworlds.org<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of young Korean, Chinese and South Asian professionals gathered at a cozy Manhattan restaurant recently, gossiping about 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